Accenture, the worldwide consulting company, announced today it was buying Cloud Sherpas, a firm that specializes in helping companies incorporate cloud services like Salesforce.com, Google and ServiceNow into the enterprise. Accenture did not disclose the purchase price. It’s not a coincidence that this announcement came as Dreamforce, the enormous Salesforce.com customer conference,… Read More
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BTCChina, China’s original bitcoin exchange run by Bobby Lee, has rebranded to BTCC.
“We’re excited to introduce a new logo and identity that modernizes and reinvigorates the BTCC experience,” said Samson Mow, BTCC’s Chief Operating Officer in a release. “The new BTCC logo retains some original elements as a nod to our heritage, but also conveys a bold… Read More
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When Apple first introduced its widgets platform in iOS 8, the company blocked developers from releasing apps that launched other apps via widgets added to the “Today View” in the Notification Center on the iPhone or iPad. However, Apple later relaxed the rules, allowing apps like Launcher, Workflow, and others to push the boundaries of widgets from being those that simply… Read More
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Nearly a year ago, Google launched a new mobile application called Google Primer, offering startups mini-marketing lessons aimed at helping users get up to speed on Google-specific subjects like search engine marketing, media coverage, content marketing and more. However, at the time, the app was still in testing, and Google wouldn’t comment on the project. Today, a redesigned… Read More
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Back in 2013, project management service Trello launched its ‘Business Class’ service as a basic paid offering for teams that needed extra features like Google Apps integration and more granular administrative controls. Today, the company is launching a revamped version of its business offering that introduces new features like third-party integrations with tools like Slack, GitHub… Read More
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Accel Partners wants to solve the question for startups, “Who does this marketing thing I need?” It’s doing that with an online tool called Growthverse, an interactive visualization of companies in the marketing technology ecosystem. It launched earlier this year but since receiving a lot of feedback, Accel Partners has refined it with a big update today into what it hopes is… Read More
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Though there are plenty of video-based social networks out there, few are focused more on the content than the following. But Panama, a new app launched from Ocho cofounder Jonathan Swerdlin, is looking to flip that model on its head. Panama, essentially, is a platform for short-form video that is based solely on location, with no identification for the creator of that video content.… Read More
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Moviepilot, a movie site targeting (you guessed it) millennials, is announcing that it has raised $16 million in Series B funding. The company started in Germany before launching in the United States, and raised $7 million in funding, about three years ago, according to CEO Tobi Bauckhage (pictured above with his co-founders Jon Handschin and Ben Kubota). Last year it sold the German business… Read More
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Limejump is a classic example of a startup bringing a big data and cloud-based solution to a legacy market, and in doing so has the potential to transform that market. 
Soothe, which lets customers book in-home massages, has acquired competitor Unwind.me. Unwind.me took part in Y Combinator’s summer 2014 batch and its other backers include 500 Startups and Slow Ventures.